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Americans' confidence in the police is back to where it was in 2013, before racially charged incidents involving police occurred in many cities. The police trail only the military and small business as the institutions Americans trust most.

The 20% of Americans who express confidence in newspapers as a U.S. institution is an all-time low and marks the 10th consecutive year that more Americans hold newspapers in low, rather than high, esteem.

Americans continue to place little confidence in the nation's major institutions, with their average confidence levels nearing record lows. Confidence in newspapers and in organized religion both dropped to their lowest levels yet.